AFC Fylde head coach's gratitude to weekend opponents
Craig Mahon is looking forward to seeing some familiar faces as AFC Fylde aim to maintain their home rule against his former club this afternoon.
The Coasters host Curzon Ashton, seeking an eighth consecutive National League North victory at Mill Farm.
Twenty goals in their last five matches have helped Mahon’s players to the top of the table as they face a Curzon team in 13th, seven points off the play-off spots.
Curzon have only won three of their last 10 games but Mahon is expecting a stern test.
He told Fylde’s media team: “I’m really looking forward to it. I had a great time at Curzon and it was the start of my coaching career, so I have a lot of gratitude towards them.
“It’s going to be tough. I’ve watched two games already to see what they’re like and we’ll prepare for Curzon like we would prepare for any other game.
“We’ll show them full respect, we go into every little detail that we can and, on the weekend, we’ll be looking to go out and implement our style on the game – and hopefully we can come away with another win.”
Fylde go into the game on the back of Tuesday’s 4-1 victory at Macclesfield, where Mahon was particularly impressed with their second-half showing.
He added: “I knew we had another couple of gears to go through and the lads came out and did it.
“They were exceptional, they did everything to a tee; whether that was with or without the ball, the press, the energy and then the quality in front of the net as well.”